Thursday, April 05, 2012

The Political Battle Begins

* This was not a surprise------- Kevin DeWine resigned as chairperson of the Ohio Republican Party, just as Gov. John Kasich wanted.

Investors.com:

A long, bitter intra-party feud among Ohio Republicans ended last night when state party chairman Kevin DeWine announced he would resign nine months early at next week's state central committee meeting.

The ongoing feud between DeWine and Gov. John Kasich and his allies threatened to tear the party apart in what is for Republicans probably the most crucial state in this November's presidential election. The GOP has never won the White House without also capturing Ohio's electoral votes.....

....Robert Bennett, a 73-year-old former state party chair, will return from retirement on an interim basis until next January's scheduled election for a new chairman. 

Oh, yes, we all remember Bob Bennett from the 2004 election. 

* Republican Rep. Steve Stivers has been collecting big campaign contributions from PACs and people associated with banks, insurance, and real estate.  A quick look at Open Secrets lets you see that those three groups must like how Stivers is trying to do away with consumer protections because the Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Sectors have contributed over $332,000 for this election cycle.  If we have another Wall Street collapse, consumers will have none of the protections for their investments.  Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. 

* The OCTA (Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association) is having a luncheon on April 16 to support Republican Josh Mandel with special guest John McCain.  Don't worry. It is just for the elite at $500/person.

>>>>>  Another day and there is another lie from Republican Josh Mandel.

PlainDealer has the PolitiFact meter on Josh Mandel. Once again, Josh Mandel's latest claim has been judged as Mostly FALSE.  It might be time for Josh Mandel to join the Pathological Liars that was represented by Tommy Flanagan (Jon Lovitz)on Saturday Night Live. Josh Mandel has been telling some real whoppers about Sen. Sherrod Brown.